In my series of posts about the Golden Age of Animation, I listed all my favorite cartoons from the big American animation studios. It’s time I take a look at the rest of the world’s part in the history of animation. While the animators from the U.S. were definitely more advanced at this point in time, there’s plenty of interesting works to be found on other continents. In countries like Russia, China, Japan,… animators were doing groundbreaking work to develop
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Walter Lantz cartoons 1937-1949 – Golden Age of Animation
After talking in detail about cartoons from the Golden Age of Animation from the great studios (Disney, Warner Bros’, MGM, Fleischer), Yesterday’s Joe is back with his favourite animated clips by… the rest. These will be kind of throwaway posts, but nonetheless there are a few interesting things to be found. Today’s turn is Walter Lantz’ animation studio, home of Andy Panda and Woody Woodpecker.
Walter Lantz Productions
Walter Lantz had been an indepented producer since 1935. He produced Oswald
Mintz/Screen Gems cartoons 1937-1949 – Golden Age of Animation
After talking in detail about cartoons from the Golden Age of Animation from the great Studios (Disney, Warner Bros’, MGM, Fleischer), Yesterday’s Joe is back with his favourite animated clips by… the rest. These will be kind of throwaway posts, but nonetheless there’s a few interesting things to be found. First up is Charles Mintz’s animation studio, later named Screen Gems.
Mintz/Screen Gems
A few months before his death in 1939, Charles Mintz sold the studio to Columbia Pictures and the studio was
Fleischer / Famous Studios cartoons 1937-1949 – Golden Age of Animation
Yesterday’s Joe is back from yesterday to today, sharing some of his favourite cartoons from the Golden Age of Animation. In this post I’m going to take a look at the works of the Fleischer brothers for Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios. I selected cartoons from the era post-Snow-White: from 1937-1949. As always, lots of videos and pictures.
Fleischer Studios
What the hell is a Fleischer brother you ask? Well, Dave and Max Fleischer produced series of animated cartoons during the Golden Age of Animation.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoons 1937-1949 – Golden Age of Animation
Yesterday’s Joe is back, sharing some of his favourite cartoons from the Golden Age of Animation. This post will discuss Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animation studio, and will mostly feature Tom and Jerry cartoon, post-Snow-White: from 1937-1949. As always, lots of videos, pictures and alot of attempts at being funny.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ’s Tom and Jerry
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer started distributing cartoons in 1930. They hired Ub Iwerks who produced a series with Flip the Frog (who?).
As I’m sure most
Warner Bros cartoons 1937-1949 – Golden Age of Animation
I’m back with a long overdue selection of some of my favourite Warner Bros cartoons from the Golden Age of Animation. This post will feature several Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies from 1937-1949, from some of the greatest animators of the Golden Age, like Chuck Jones, Bob Clampett and Tex Avery. As always, lots of videos, pictures and inappropriate captions! All highly original content.
In the mid 30’s, Schlesinger hired director Tex Avery to revitalize the studio. Avery realized there was
Disney’s Dumbo (1941) vs. Bambi (1942) – Golden Age of Animation
A fan’s subjective perspective on the early stages and evolution of traditional animation. Mostly an extensive list of cartoons and films that stand out in my eyes, all in neat chronological/geographical order. You’re welcome. Today: a comparative post about Dumbo and Bambi, two precious films where animals are the stars.
Dumbo, 1941
Dumbo was a low-budget feature made to earn back the financial losses of Fantasia. It was deliberately kept simple and short, at 64 minutes. No
Disney’s Pinocchio (1940) – Golden Age of Animation
A fan’s subjective perspective on the early stages and evolution of traditional animation. Mostly an extensive list of cartoons and films that stand out in my eyes, all in neat chronological/geographical order. You’re welcome. Today: a special post about Pinocchio, Disney’s second animated film.
…and possibly my favorite Disney film. There’s a dark quality to it and I relate to the hardworking lower-class morals. Although too preachy to some, I’ll allow it for being a product of